Biology:Kraussaria

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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers

Kraussaria
Locust (Kraussaria angulifera) Senegal.jpg
K. angulifera, Senegal
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Genus: Kraussaria
Uvarov, 1923
Type species
Cyrtacanthacris prasina
Walker, 1870
Synonyms
  • Appressalia Sjöstedt, 1932

Kraussaria is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae with species found in Africa.[1][2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Kraussaria:[1]

  • Kraussaria angulifera (Krauss, 1877)
  • Kraussaria corallinipes (Karsch, 1896)
  • Kraussaria deckeni Kevan, 1955
  • Kraussaria dius (Karsch, 1896)
  • Kraussaria prasina (Walker, 1870)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "genus Kraussaria Uvarov, 1923". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1112641. 
  2. Uvarov. 1923. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 9 11:144.

Wikidata ☰ Q10548589 entry